Blogs from Dallas, Texas, United States, North America - page 24

Well we have been in texas for a few days now..the sun is shining but its pretty cold due to the blizzards up north...there is not as many cowboys as what i was expected...perhaps its like expecting kangaroo's on burke st...i'm not sure.... we have had our texas steak...and god it was good...we havent been to mcdonalds so we are not sure if they ask "would you like a gun with that?"....but it is texas... yesterday we went and did the JFK thing....and it was fantastic...DD, you would love it...there is not a lot in Dallas but its worth it just for that...i used to love reading about the JFK conspiracy when i was young so it was great to come and see the place where it happened...like most things it doesnt look how you expect ... read more

we arrived into dallas/fort worth last night....a town made famous by three things....JFK being shot, the TV show "Dallas" and of course....kelly clarkson :) vegas was great...i actually wasnt well for the last few days...just a cold or something maybe to much beer but it was still definitely an experience..one morning we woke to 2 guys being arrested right in front of our room...there was 4 police officers and the two guys had to put there hands on the bonnet just just in the tv show "cops"...we thought this was pretty good until only a few hours later three streets aways there was a police shootout....a guy in an apartment with all sorts of semi-automatic weapons firing at cops....the was 100 police there and the S.W.A.T. ...i guess it will come as no surprise to you ... read more

ARE WE THERE YET? No... still driving. We left Amarillo Tx.at 5 AM. We always have coffee (weak) and homemade wholewheat bread, feta cheese and olives before we start so that entitles us to a second breakfast at 9 AM. The real thing--bacon, eggs, potatoes. Makes the camper smell like a campfire because some of the pans were last used over a fire in the Big Horns last fall. We picked up new Texas maps at the Wichita Falls rest area and took a little rest. Have to be ready for the Big D. We went into Dallas via 114. Lots of trucks for a little while on the two lane road that they are working on making into a divided. Maybe next year? It is divided east of I-35. From there we slipped down to ... read more

Today we decided to brave the mean streets of downtown Dallas, actually it wasn't that mean, it was nice, clean and suprisingly quiet. Then again, only us, the homeless and the Mexicans ever walk anywhere here! We saw the place where President Kennedy was shot, the photo shows the 6th floor window of the building from where he was allegedly gunned down. A webcam is permanently positioned in the window. We had a wander through downtown, admiring the buildings and found our way to the Dallas World Aquarium, an excellent building which recreates many areas of jungle and aquatic life, including a tank which you can walk through with sharks swimming around you. Later we took the authentic old trolley bus to a nice district with shops and restaurants and ate at a Texan Steak House, ... read more

Another lazy day, watched some English football, did some research on the internet for the next stage of our trip, played with Asher, a constant amusement, sat and drank more wine, and chatted with Theo and Vivienne about life, the universe and everything. As I said before, a nightly ritual putting the world to rights :-) Here's a photo of Theo's suped-up Ford Escort supercar, designed to jet around Plano scaring women and young children, particularly Vivienne ;-) ... read more